Improvement in portable lighters



J. A. WATSON.

, Portable-Lighter.

NO. 164.620. PatentedJunel5,1875.

WITNESSES: mvsmm ATTDBNEYS.

THE GRAPHIC C0.PHOTO-L|TH.39&4 PARK PlACE,N.Y.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE,

JOHN A. W'ATSON, OF LEXINGTON, MISSISSIPPI.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE LIGHTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,620, dated June 15,1875 application filed May 13, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN A. WATSON, ofLexington, in the county of Holmes and State of Mississippi, IIEINBinvented a new and Improved Portable Lighter; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of thisspecification, in which the figure is a perspective view.

The invention contemplates the introduction to the public of a simpleand useful device by which a person may quickly strike a light in a darkroom, or under other circumstances where it would be otherwisedifficult.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawing,and then pointed out in the claim.

A represents a box, made preferably, although not necessarily, of tin,and provided with acover, B, hinged to the body 0. In the middle of theformer 1 place a scraping-surface, I), while in the middle of the latterI affix, longitudinally, the match-box O, which may be subdivided intotwo sections. This box is rigidly attached to the body at each end, butotherwise loose and elastic, so as to allow, by lateral pressure, anextra candle, D, to be easily removed. The body is thus divided intothree cells, 0 c 0 At one end of the cell c, and slightly inside of itsedge, is hinged a candlestick, E, in which may be kept a candle, F. Byopening the box, turning back the stick with its candle and drawing amatch across the scraper, a light may be obtained in a moment.

I am aware that it is not new to make a match-box with a hingedcandlestick that folds in or out thereof 5 but What I claim is Thecombination, in a match-box, of three cells, 0 e 0 of which the middleone is movahle at its center, as shown and described, for the purpose ofholding matches, a candle, and a hinged candlestick, in separatecompartments.

JOHN ARGHIBALD WATSON. Witnesses:

J. H. ANDREWS, W. A. DRENNAN.

